Bring Your Own Wine....

Yanni's!

Reminds me of when we lived in South Carolina and used to go to Myrtle Beach. No Sunday liquor sales, so we'd stash a bottle of Merlot in my big handbag, and the restaurant we frequented would give us coffee cups to pour the wine into. I mean, it looked like coffee from a distance. :floor:

At The Greenbrier they'll save your wine for you until the next meal if you don't finish it. However, my question is:

It's been a couple of years but Cafe Tango would do that with no extra charge. Royal Orchid also, but there is a new owner there now.

I thought that most fine dining restaurants did this. Borago, Vin'tij, Tango, etc. The corkage fees vary from $5 - $20, though.

Yanni's!

Now that Yanni has his liquor license do they still allow yu to bring in your bottle of wine?

Now that Yanni has his liquor license do they still allow yu to bring in your bottle of wine?

They did the last time I was there, which was a while ago, but after they had their license.

I thought that most fine dining restaurants did this. Borago, Vin'tij, Tango, etc. The corkage fees vary from $5 - $20, though.

I refuse to pay corkage fees. I only buy fine wine with screw off tops. Might I suggest a vintage 2006 MD 20/20 Grape?

I refuse to pay corkage fees. I only buy fine wine with screw off tops. Might I suggest a vintage 2006 MD 20/20 Grape?

:funn: OMG, the memories.

I refuse to pay corkage fees. I only buy fine wine with screw off tops. Might I suggest a vintage 2006 MD 20/20 Grape?

Or Boone's Farm in a wine skin, back in the day.

In New York, where I lived most of my life, many restaurants allowed you to bring your own wine, especially if you called and asked first. You would pay a corkage fee of $10 -$15. Are there any restaurants in the Walton, Bay county, or Okaloosa county area that have this policy ?

Onano does allow this.

Onano does allow this.

Another reason I love Onano. What's the corkage fee?

15.00 I believe.

come to Blue Orleans we don't charge a corkage fee. just a taste of what u bring for gator:floor:

15.00 I believe.

$15.00 to pop a cork on a wine bottle? Really? Or, is there something else that goes along with a "corkage fee". I am not that big of wine drinker, but I would like to get educated on the subject.

$15.00 to pop a cork on a wine bottle? Really? Or, is there something else that goes along with a "corkage fee". I am not that big of wine drinker, but I would like to get educated on the subject.

Restaurants make $$ on liquor, especially wine. The cork fee is how they offset the fact that they are not making money/covering their overhead on your beverage and that your server isn't being tipped on that amount either.

I've never paid more than $5 for a cork fee.

Fine dining restaurants that allow you to byow will generally charge $10-$15 for a corkage fee. Having said that, many restaurants in NYC will not charge a corkage fee at all if you call beforehand and ask if you may byow (lots of competition for the dining out dollar). I would like to see more restaurants here allow customers to bring their own wine. I hardly ever order a bottle of wine in a restaurant here because I am familiar with what the retail price is for many wines. I have a hard time paying 2 or 3 times the retail price at the restaurant. I would rather pay a $20 corkage fee on my own 1997 Insignia (which retails for over $150 if you can find it) then $60 for a mediocre bottle of wine. I have a good collection of expensive and rare California cabs such as Silver Oak, Spottswoode, Far Niente, Caymus, Ch. Montelena, Araujo, and many French Bordeaux wines. I would be very willing to spend $20 per bottle on a corkage fee. That would be a win/win for the consumer and the restaurant. Restaurants are in business to make money and wine and liquor sales is where the profit is but I think a $20 corkage fee per bottle is a nice compromise. Since neither my wife or I cook (we go out 4-5 times a week), we would frequent a restaurant that we loved twice weekly if allowed to bring our own wine. This is a great way for the local restauranteur to cultivate loyal customers and insure repeat business. Nothing like a great bottle of wine as the centerpiece of the meal. Many fine dining establishments allow patrons to bring wine that is not on the menu, which is a nice compromise. I would interested to know what some of the local restauranteurs think. criolla man ? ItzKatzTime ? What do you guys think ?

P.S.

I ALWAYS leave extra table money, in addition to the 20% tip, for the server when I bring my own wine to allow for the fact I did not order an alcoholic beverage.

I refuse to pay corkage fees. I only buy fine wine with screw off tops. Might I suggest a vintage 2006 MD 20/20 Grape?

:funn: OMG, the memories.

:shock: :shock: my high school boyfriend bought me a case of MD 20/20 for Christmas one year....:yikes:

come to Blue Orleans we don't charge a corkage fee. just a taste of what u bring for gator:floor:

:clap: :clap: gladly!